Navarrenx holiday home rental with walking, beach/lake nearby, log fire, balcony/terrace, rural retreat, TV, DVD

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La Conciergerie (house)

Home description

Welcome to our 4 star rated Béarnaise country house with large colourful garden, ideal for fun-packed family holidays.
"La Conciergerie" was originally the gate house for the chateau in the small village of Méritein. It stands in the grounds of the chateau, but is now a separate family holiday home. It has three spacious bedrooms that can comfortably sleep up to six adults with cot and small bed available for toddlers and babies.
The house is situated in a typically quiet French village, but is only a ten minute walk to Navarrenx, where you'll find several bars, some with live music, restaurants, antique shops, art gallery, artisanal markets, boulangeries, charcuteries, beauty salons and banks. There are tennis courts, a large outdoor swimming pool and petanque area.
Every year Navarrenx hosts the 'World Champion Salmon Fishing' competition in the magnificent river, the 'Gave d'Oloron' where you can also try canoeing, rafting and kayaking.
If you prefer walking or cycling there are hundreds of kilometres of quiet roads to do both, or cycle off-road on the well marked forest routes.

La Conciergerie	The spacious main bedroom
The large family sized kitchen	The lounge, leading onto the outside terrace

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The Aquitaine / Dordogne / Pyrenees Atlantiques region

Méritein is in an area called the Béarn in the Pyrénées Atlantiques department of Aquitaine. This part of France stretches all the way down from Bordeaux to the Pyrénées mountains and the Spanish border, with the Atlantic coast to the west. We are about an hour from the mountains and about an hour from Biarritz on the coast. You can fly to either Pau airport (40 mins away) from Stansted or Bristol or to Biarritz from Stansted, Luton, Birmingham and Dublin with Ryanair. You can also fly to Biarritz from Gatwick with Easyjet.

You can sail from Portsmouth to Bilbao on the north coast of Spain with P&O Ferries or to Santander from Plymouth with Brittany Ferries. We are about 3 hours drive from Bilbao and about 4 hours from Santander.

Navarrenx area

The house is situated in a typically quiet French village, but is only a ten minute walk to Navarrenx, where you'll find several bars, some with live music, restaurants, antique shops, art gallery artisanal markets, cycle hire, boulangeries, charcuteries and banks. There are tennis courts, a large outdoor swimming pool (open in summer only) and petanque area.

Every year Navarrenx hosts the 'World Champion Salmon Fishing' competition in the magnificent river, the 'Gave d'Oloron' where you can also try canoeing, rafting and kayaking. If you prefer walking or cycling there are hundreds of kilometres of quiet roads to do both, or cycle off-road on the well marked forest routes. Horse riding and hot air ballooning are available locally too.

How to get there

We are about an hour from the mountains and about an hour from Biarritz on the coast. You can fly to either Pau airport (40 mins away) from Stansted or Bristol or to Biarritz from Stansted, Luton, Birmingham and Dublin with Ryanair. You can also fly to Biarritz from Gatwick with Easyjet.

You can sail from Portsmouth to Bilbao on the north coast of Spain with P&O Ferries or to Santander from Plymouth with Brittany Ferries. We are about 3 hours drive from Bilbao and about 4 hours from Santander.

Activities near Navarrenx

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The house has been completely renovated. It is light and spacious with exposed old oak beams throughout, in keeping with the Béarnaise style. Where possible we have presered the original features of which there are many.

Upstairs:
In all the 3 bedrooms the comfortable beds all have new mattresses, quality linens and summer duvets. Extra blankets and throws are available during winter months and there are radiators in all of the rooms. All the bedrooms have windows with views, the rear bedroom overlooks our beautiful rambling gardens and neighbouring chateau grounds. The two front bedrooms overlooking the pretty village of Méritein.

Shower room:
The walk-in shower room has a large modern shower system, spotlights, tiling throughout and a unique pebble floor created from local stone. It also has a heated towel rail, modern washbasin and W.C.

Downstairs:
The Kitchen is large and traditional and as you would expect in France, the heart of the house. It has fitted cupboards, white ceramic 'Butler' sink and family-sized double gas oven with gas hob. There is a fridge and plenty of work surfaces to create delicious meals.

The large fireplace houses a wood burning 'Godin' stove and has all the tools to light and tend the fire. There is a dry wood store in the garden. A grand farm table which easily accommodates 6 people sits in the centre of the room with chairs for all. A comprehensive selection of crockery, cutlery, and glassware for 6 people is provided. The kitchen is well stocked with all the utensils, cookware and tools that an enthusiastic cook requires. It also includes extra items such as a microwave, 'Senseo' coffee machine, food processor, liquidiser and pasta machine.

Utility Room:
In the separate utility room which leads onto the terrace and garden, there is a washing machine, dishwasher, sink and fridge-freezer. An ironing board, laundry basket and other laundry items are also provided. Next to the kitchen is the downstairs cloakroom with W.C. and washbasin.

Lounge:
With double French doors, the lounge is the room to relax in, with a view of the outside terrace and the garden beyond. It has a 3 seater sofa and two arm chairs, TV, DVD and music system/CD player. There is a large sideboard and bookcase with plenty of guide books and information about the area, books and games to keep you busy. There is another wood burning stove in here should you wish to use it.

Further details outdoors:
The Garden and Terrace:
This house used to be the gatehouse to the chateau next door and we are able to observe and enjoy the wildlife of the chateau grounds with red squirrels, deer, birds and other wildlife daily visitors to our garden. Each day at about 5pm you can watch the local shepherd leading his flock of local breed 'Brebis' sheep, on his way home.

The main garden is laid to lawn, with colourful mature flowerbeds, rambling wisteria, interesting shrubs and spectacular trees, one of which is a giant 200 year old 'Magnolia grandiflora'. There is an organic kitchen garden with vegetables, salads, herbs and soft fruits, which you are welcome to sample - subject to availability.

Other outside furniture and equipment:
Garden chairs and sun loungers
BBQ and cooking utensils
French boules
Badminton Set

Further details

We would like a deposit of 30% on booking with the balance due 8 weeks before the start of the holiday. If you book within 8 weeks of your holiday the full amount is payable then. A damage deposit of 250.00 euros (refundable) is also required. All prices are per week and are from Saturday to Saturday. You can arrive from 4pm on the Saturday and you must vacate by 10am the following Saturday.

All prices are quoted are for the entire house, per week. The prices include electricity, water and central heating but there is an additional charge for heating during the winter months. Prices include bed linen, towels, tea towels etc. Discounts may be available for couples or individuals and out of season bookings.

There is to be no smoking in the house. Well behaved pets welcomed.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Mid Season	11 Sep 09	1 Nov 09	725£ 659	0-	0-	1 Week
Low Season	1 Nov 09	28 Mar 10	600£ 545	0-	0-	1 Week
Mid Season	28 Mar 10	29 May 10	725£ 659	0-	0-	1 Week
High Season	29 May 10	11 Sep 10	875£ 795	0-	0-	1 Week

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

We would like a deposit of 30% on booking with the balance due 8 weeks before the start of the holiday. If you book within 8 weeks of your holiday the full amount is payable then.

A damage deposit of 250.00 euros (refundable) is also required.

All prices are per week and are from Saturday to Saturday. You can arrive from 4pm on the Saturday and you must vacate by 10am the following Saturday.

All prices are quoted are for the entire house, per week. The prices include electricity, water and central heating but there is an additional charge for heating during the winter months. Prices include bed linen, towels, tea towels etc.

Discounts may be available for couples or individuals and out of season bookings.

There is to be no smoking in the house. Well behaved pets welcomed. There is no telephone line, nor access to the internet. However, there is a 'Cyber Base' and a WiFi hotspot in the 'Bar du Centre' in Navarrenx.

Guestbook for La Conciergerie

We very much enjoyed our stay in La Conciergerie. Peaceful and impeccably decorated. Beautiful big garden. Neighbours all very friendly. Would certainly recommend it. Many Thanks. Susanna and Kaz, County Durham, September 2008

We have had an excellent holiday in Méritein and we thank Lindy and David for their very warm welcome. Despite the odd day of bad weather, we had very nice visits to Ascain, Laruns, Biarritz, Bayonne, Les Grottes de Kacouhetta, the village of Navarrenx, St Jean Pied-de-Port, etc.....This is a magnificent region of France and we will return again very soon. La Famille Collinet, Paris, July 2007

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Name:	Lindy Gander
Tel:	+33 559 66 23 09
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